Spider Silk: Evolution and 400 Million Years of Spinning, Waiting, Snagging, and Mating. Leslie Brunetta and Catherine L. Craig. 2011. Yale University Press. Bug Rating: Spiders evoke a lot of complex feelings from humans. In a […]

Thripz (Author: Robert Farley) Bug Rating: Dust (Author: Charles Pellegrino) Bug Rating: It’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a book, and it seemed like these two go together. They are both stories of tiny […]

It appears someone found the giant mantis mentioned earlier this week. The description sounds like classic cold war stuff: “Dilke had been miniaturized, first man in a daring experiment to solve Earth’s hideous overcrowding. He […]

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The insect educational program I run has a wish list for supplies we use regularly to care for our animals:
Bug Barn Amazon Wish List
Please consider buying the Bug Barn some cages or crayons! That lets me use the savings to hire more undergraduates for hands on training.